Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Murong Chang glanced at him indifferently, and said, "Go wash up."

"Oh!" Ni Yexin nodded quickly, then closed the door and went back to wash.

Chi Long and Zhao Yin came to them early in the morning to talk about the case. They didn't expect to hear Master Ni's strange shout when they arrived. Of course they didn't know what happened to Ni Yexin.

Ni Yexin went back to the room, quickly got some cold water and washed his face several times, it was so embarrassing, he didn't know what to say.

Ni Ye, who was stimulated by the cold water, shuddered, and finally cooled down.

When Ni Yexin finished washing and arrived at Murong Changqing's place, the others were already there, waiting for him to come.

Ni Yexin sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, moistened her dry throat, coughed, and said, "Ahem, okay, let's talk about the case, what's going on this time."

Chi Long said: "This case sounds simple at first glance, and the murderer has already been caught."

"The murderer has been caught?" Ni Yexin was taken aback, and said, "Isn't that the case closed?"

Chi Long shook his head and said: "Although the murderer has been brought back to the Yamen, after entering the Yamen, he started to cry for injustice every day."

"Huh?" Ni Yexin said: "Could it be that the wrong person was arrested? In fact, the murderer was someone else?"

Chi Long shook his head again and said, "But the murderer himself confessed to the murder before, and there are witnesses to prove it."

"Huh?" Ni Yexin raised his eyebrows and said, "That's a change of confession."

Murong Changqing sat aside, he didn't care about these things, he couldn't help asking: "Where is the snake pattern totem?"

Chi Long said: "It was found at the deceased's home."

The deceased was a widow, who was well-known in the city, and many people knew this widow.

The widow, surnamed Zhu, married a rich man when she was young.This rich man was in business, and later he was really rich. It is said that he used the money to buy an official to do business, but after two years of doing it, he probably couldn't do it anymore, so he resigned and came back to continue doing business.

But not long after, the rich man passed away.His money naturally went to his wife and son.

That son was Zhu's son. Zhu's son never lived Ji Guan and died before he was 19 years old. Zhu was the only widow left in this family.

Later, the widow Zhu did not remarry, and lived in a huge mansion with a few maids and a housekeeper. It sounds sad to outsiders, but in fact the widow Zhu lived a happy life.

The murderer who killed Zhu Shi was a servant girl of the widow Zhu Shi. She once admitted that she killed Zhu Shi.

The widow Zhu Shi has not remarried since her husband and son died, but she is a person who cannot stand loneliness.

Everyone here knows a little bit, the widow Zhu Shi really has a lot of friends, many young princes and scholars are related to her.There are also many local ruffians who are targeting the widow Zhu's money.

I heard that the widow Mrs. Zhu will go away every once in a while, saying that she is going to see distant relatives, but in fact it is not, she is going to meet friends.

Every few days, the widow Zhu will take a few maidservants to live in a good man's house for two days, be gentle and tender, and then come back.After two days, I went to live in another good man's house for two days. Anyway, I spent very little time in my own house.

As for the business of the widow Zhu's house, all of them were handed over to the housekeeper.The housekeeper and the widow Zhu are also ambiguous. They often coax the widow Zhu very happily, and always introduce some young men to her. The widow Zhu is naturally good to the housekeeper.

Later, the widow Zhu didn't care about the business of the house at all, and handed it all over to the housekeeper. She also knew that the housekeeper got a lot of money from it, but the widow Zhu was quite happy, and both parties were very happy.

Chi Long said: "The widow Mrs. Zhu went away again not long ago. She brought a few maids with her, saying that she was going to see distant relatives. After she left for a while, she never came back. Later..."

Later, a scholar surnamed Sun suddenly ran to the Yamen to report to the officials that someone had killed the widow Zhu Shi, and he heard that person confessed with his own ears.

The person who admitted to killing the widow Zhu is a little maid of the widow Zhu.

The yamen's arresters didn't believe it at first, after all, it was just the scholar talking empty teeth, they never saw the widow Zhu's body, and the widow Zhu obviously went out to find a lover, how could she die suddenly?

But that afternoon, the servants of a large family suddenly came to report to the officials, saying that a female body had been found.

This female corpse is the widow Zhu Shi, and the widow Zhu Shi is indeed dead.

Chi Long said: "The death of the widow Mrs. Zhu is indeed very strange."

"What kind of strange method?" Ni Yexin asked.

The servants of the Xu family came to report to the officials in a hurry, panicked and frightened.

The Xu family is a well-known big family in the city. The mansion is huge. There are several masters and brothers in the family, making the Xu family very impressive.

The eldest of the Xu family is dead, and the second master of the Xu family is almost 50 years old, but he is very lecherous and good at drinking. He always likes to go out to spend time and drink, and miss places like brothels and Chuguan.But it's not easy for the brothers below to scold him. After all, he is the second brother, so everyone just turned a blind eye.

As a result, one day, Master Xu Er suddenly drank to death, rolled his eyes and kicked his legs.

The members of the Xu family got busy all of a sudden, busy with the funeral for Mr. Xu Er.

The servants of the Xu family ordered a coffin for the second master.When the coffin was delivered, the servant checked it at the door, and then pushed the coffin into the mansion, put it in the mourning hall, and prepared to carry the second master's body in.

Just at this moment, something strange happened.

Just when the servants were about to put the second master's body into the coffin, they opened the lid of the coffin and found that there was already someone in the coffin.

No, not a person, but a corpse, the corpse of a woman, and the woman lying in it was dead.

It's the widow Zhu.

Someone recognized the widow Zhu Shi, and everyone was shocked.After all, the coffin was still empty when it was transported into the gate of the mansion just now, and suddenly there was an extra corpse, still in the mourning hall, which really made people feel hairy.

The servants of Xu's family immediately went to report to the police, and the police were shocked when they heard it. They didn't expect that the surnamed Sun Shusheng who came to report to the police that day did not tell lies. The murderous maid was arrested.

It's just that after the servant girl caught her, she suddenly cried out for injustice every day, saying that she didn't kill anyone at all.

When Ni Yexin heard it, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and said, "It sounds a little surprising."

Zhao Yin said: "The widow Zhu's body is still in the yamen, and that maid is also locked in the yamen."

Ni Yexin patted the table and stood up, saying, "Okay, let's go to the yamen and see what's going on."

Everyone had no objection, and immediately went to the Yamen.

The Yamen's arrester who was in charge of this matter had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw them coming, he immediately led several people to see the widow Zhu's body first.

The widow Mrs. Zhu has been dead for some time, and because the case is still suspicious, the body has not been dealt with.Although there are anti-corrosion measures, it has been a long time, and the smell in the room is really unpleasant.

The policeman waved his hand and said, "Master Ni, this is the widow Zhu's body. The coffin under her is the coffin that Xu's family found when they found it."

Ni Yexin nodded, and the coroner of the autopsy also rushed over, and quickly told Ni Yexin about the results of the autopsy.

Wu Zuo said: "My lord, the widow Zhu's body was not fatally injured, she should have been suffocated to death due to shortness of breath."

The death of the widow Zhu was not good, with a very painful look on her face, painful and desperate, as if all the will was exhausted and she was tortured to death.

There were no major fatal injuries on her body, but there were many small wounds.The nails of both hands were all split, and the fingers were even bloody.There are bruises on the knees and arms, but they are not very serious.

Wu Zuo also said: "Judging from the injuries on her body and the cause of death, it may be that she was locked in a small place and then suffocated to death."

Everyone couldn't help frowning when they heard this, no wonder the expression on the widow Zhu's face was so desperate and painful, it sounds really creepy.

"A small place?" Ni Yexin took a step forward, carefully looked at the coffin where the widow Zhu was lying, and said, "How about...a coffin?"

Wu Zuo nodded and said, "It's possible, my lord."

The widow Zhu Shi was probably locked in a well-sealed coffin while she was still alive.When she woke up, she struggled desperately to get out of the coffin, but she couldn't.

She scratched the lid of the coffin with her white, manicured fingers, banged it with her knee and the crook of her arm, her fingernails were split, her fingers were bleeding, her arms and knees were blue, but to no avail.In the end, I could only feel the despair of suffocation, being suffocated to death little by little in this small, cramped and terrifying place.

Ni Yexin glanced at the inside of the coffin and the coffin lid, and said: "The coffin is very new, the inside is smooth and there are no scratches. The widow Mrs. Zhu must not have died in this coffin."

Zhao Yin said: "Why was the widow Zhu's body taken to the Xu family?"

Ni Yexin looked at the coffin thoughtfully, but did not speak.

Chi Long couldn't help but said: "This is such a deep hatred, and this approach is too vicious."

The policeman said: "Who knows, the murderous little girl is still locked up at this moment. She yells that she has been wronged every day, and her voice is hoarse. That little girl really doesn't look like she dared to kill someone. I see Well, maybe it's really wrong."

After hearing this, Ni Yexin said, "It's really wronged. Have you found anyone suspicious?"

The policeman said: "The suspicious person has not been found, but recently it has been rumored that it was an evil spirit who killed the widow Zhu, and some evil spirits have come back to take revenge."

"Revenge?" Ni Yexin asked curiously, "What's going on?"

The policeman seemed very interested to hear that Ni Yexin seemed to be interested, and said, "Master Ni, I don't know if you have heard of Juan Shang."

"Jiaoshang?" Ni Yexin frowned, and said, "Isn't marrying Shang banned?"